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“The Artful Dodger” (a poem for Sandy’s birthday) [by David Lehman]
As a boy (who destroyed his eyesightreading in the dark by flashlight,I went to the libraryfor Oliver Twist by Charles Dickensbecause I had heard of the artful dodgerand figured he must have played for Brooklyn;and even…
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The Frosts in Montana [by Tami Haaland]
When I came to Billings, I heard, vaguely, that Robert Frost had visited several times and somehow had family ties here. I knew he was raised in California and had western roots, but these…
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Squibs 246—263 [by Alan Ziegler]
After Hitting Snooze: Once again I am on a talk-show panel, and the host asks questions for which I have witty and insightful answers, often contradicting what another guest says. Once again every time I…
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Amplified vs. Transformed: Robbins & Balanchine [by Stacey Lehman]
Mr. d’Amboise in the title role of George Balanchine’s “Apollo” in 1962. “I want American boy!” Mr. d’Amboise said Balanchine told him. “He wanted me to be a wild, untamed youth, not just look…
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Reb Livingston Presents a Poem by Rebecca Lindenberg
from Love, an Index A Abandon, what I did when you touched me that winter with an ungloved hand.Ache, the heal of broken things: bones, disappointments. Allegories of Love, Fragonard’s babycolored paintings, Ovid’s pursuers and storied looms, his Atalanta her…
